This is a command line chat application that can be used to chat between two users on the same network. The application is written in C and uses sockets for communication between the two users. It supports multiple clients at a time and also supports group chat.
- Handling multiple clients at a time
- P2P messaging
- Broadcast
- Groups
- Group formation (Permission and Permissionless)
- Admin privileges (Add, remove, change admin, admin-only chat, etc.)
- Group chat
- The server first creates a socket, binds it to the specified port and starts listening for incoming connections.
- Several structures are used to store the information about the clients and groups.
- When a client connects to the server, the server accepts the connection.
- The server then reads the request from the client and parses it.
- The server supports multiple clients at a time with the help of
select()system call. - The server then performs the required operation and sends the result back to the client.
- The client first creates a socket and connects to the server socket.
- The client then sends the request to the server.
- The client then reads the result from the server and prints it.
To start the server, run the following command:
gcc 22CS60R70_server.c -o server
./server <PORTNUMBER>To start the client, run the following command:
gcc 22CS60R70_client.c -o client
./client <PORTNUMBER>Open multiple terminals(or tabs) to create miltiple clients to chat
- Integrated the abusive text classification model from Assignment 7 into the chat application. The model classifies the text as abusive or not and if it is abusive, it is not sent to the other user.
- If user tries to send abusive text more than 5 times, the user is blocked and removed from group.
- Server runs the model built using python libs using
execlpsystem call and classifies the text as abusive or not.
You can find detailed flow of working of each feature in the report